Nikolaos Milas:
> I'm asking trying to learn:
>
> Is there a benefit of using LMTP for local delivery when using Dovecot?
> Why not use Dovecot LDA (without using LMTP)?
Better scalability, performance, and error handling than is possible
with the pipe-to-command interface.
> In Postfix documentation, I've read about lmtp that "The advantage of
> this setup is that one Postfix machine can feed multiple mailbox servers
> over LMTP. The opposite is true as well: one mailbox server can be fed
> over LMTP by multiple Postfix machines."
>
> And I wonder:
>
> 1. Can't this be done also with Dovecot LDA?
Yes, if you limit yourself to one machine.
Wietse